Tureen, cover, and stand
Date1758-1769
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsAH: 5 3/16"; Diam: 10 58"; handle to handle: 15"; A+B:H: 9 1/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-778,A&B
DescriptionRound tureen of squat, globular form with a foot ring; pair of horn-like handles project from applied plaques of scrolls and shell edge; exterior body decoration of deep blue ground with two shaped reserves filled with realistic and fanciful birds in well-painted and detailed wooded landscapes; traces of gilding on handles and around reserves and lip. Domed cover with socket, scalloped flange, and elaborate scroll finial; blue ground (flatter and more opaque than on tureen) with two shaped reserves filled with flying birds with no landscape; gilt almost entirely worn off.Gold anchor period.
Label TextThe French influence on Chelsea gold anchor period wares is seen here in both the gilt-decorated mazarine ground and the reserves of flying birds.
The I in gilt with the anchor on the stand may be an initial of the painter or gilder, or perhaps a roman numeral indicating that this was one of a pair of tureens. The marks may have worn off the tureen and the cover as the gilt decoration has.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceEx coll: Viscount Downe, Scarborough, Yorkshire, and London
Tilley & Co., London
1768-1770
1768-1770
1770-1780
1770-1780
ca. 1720
ca. 1755
1765-1770
1765-1770
1750-1775
1765-1770
1758-1769
1768-1775